Blind steal gone bad, should I call?

[Vee Quiva]

I apologize for the format. I can't get Bison's converter to work if I copy the hand history from poker tracker.

Background. I had been stealing from this player pretty regularly and I am sure he has been waiting to play back at me.

300/600 TOURNEYTEXASHTGAMETABLE (NL) (TOURNAMENT 13783530) - SAT JUL 09 13:19:24 EDT 2005
Table Table 12906 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 6: Braindead9 (3440)
Seat 8: cjjame (3305)
Seat 9: larryvq (3255)
larryvq posts small blind (150)
Braindead9 posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to larryvq [ 5s, Ac ]
cjjame folds.
larryvq raises (750) to 900
Braindead9 raises (3140) to 3440
Braindead9 is all-In.
larryvq calls (2355)
larryvq is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $6510 with larryvq
Creating Side Pot 1 with $185 with Braindead9
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Kc, Kh, 8s ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** : [ Ad ]
** Summary **
Main Pot: 6510 | Side Pot 1: 185
Board: [ Kc Kh 8s Kd Ad ]

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Braindead9 balance 3440, bet 3440, collected 3440, net +0 [ As 8c ] [ a full house, Kings full of aces -- As,Ad,Kc,Kh,Kd ]
cjjame balance 3305, didn't bet (folded)
larryvq balance 3255, bet 3255, collected 3255, net +0 [ 5s Ac ] [ a full house, Kings full of aces -- Ac,Ad,Kc,Kh,Kd ]

[tminus]

you already answered youre own question, he let you steal a bunch of times and now he's pushing back.....im not calling with A5o, its great to steal with but not to call with

[Nottom]

The classic argument for this play is that if you are going to call the raise you should have just pushed.

If you weren't planning on pushing I think you raised too much. 750/800 should be more than enough to steal the pot most of the time, and leave you enough of a stack that you don't feel committed if someone comes over the top.

P.S. - don't post the results if you want the best responses.